Posted by kregpark@yahoo.com on September 5, 2001, at 2:08:30
In reply to Re: (Dopamine and SP) » Mitch, posted by kregpark@yahoo.com on September 5, 2001, at 1:57:55
One more on DOPAMINE:
More evidence linking SP with low DOPAMINE:
Those with SP are 5 times more likely to
get Parkinson's in later life, according to
at least one large well done study I saw.Two studies looking at brains (Couldn't say how
the 2nd but first was MRI I think) showed SP
folks had dysufnctional (causing low dopamine)
D2 receptors in striatum in 1 study and don't
recall the other study exactly.SMOKING: 5 times lower rate of Parkinson's in
heavy smokers (lung cancer get them instead!!!)
This is well established in AMA books etc.CAFFIENE: Recent studies (made Newsweek cover or
was it US NW Report?) show more coffee each
day lower Parkinson's risk with heaviest coffee
drinkers 5 times LESS likely to get Parksinson's.
(I've always LOVED LOTS of caffiene - am I
self medicating low dopamine levels?)(Rick: I recall that you don't benefit much or
maybe negatively from caffiene? I thought you
mentioned some panic type symtoms occasionally
also? Anyway my comment was just that studies
show than PANIC DISORDER patients respond with
ANXIETY TO CAFFIENE and SOCIAL PHOBIA patients
(no panic disorder) DO NOT normally get anxiety.Also Panic Disorder responds to imipramine
(no DOPAMINE++, SP does not), but BOTH respond
to Nardil very well (similar to imipramine but
with DOPAMINE ++ ).KregPark
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